how very dare you
intjEtymology
Catchphrase from British TV comedy series The Catherine Tate Show (first broadcast in 2004). An illogical blend of how dare you with "how very rude" or similar.
Definitions
Synonym of how dare you.
- 'How very dare you! I'm a respectable lady, I'll have you know. I've never left my key ring in anyone's fruit bowl.' I feign outrage. I know what he's referring to, but it's still fun teasing him.
- There was something 'how very dare you' about Jeremy Corbyn's recent temper tantrum in rebuttal of the charge that the company he kept reflected badly on him.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for how very dare you. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA